Be aware: Africa lions most likely to eat you on moonless nights!
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In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion doesn’t always sleep at night
African lions are most likely to hunt prey on moonless nights, and especially on nights following a full, bright moon, the Telegraph reports. A study looked at roughly 500 lion attacks on Tanzanian villagers over the past two decades, and found that a vast majority occurred between dusk and 10pm on nights with waning moonlight. Lions generally can’t hunt on bright nights, so a full moon means they’re out of luck—and getting hungry.
”People start out at moderate danger during days 0-4, when the moon is only a sliver and sets shortly after sunset,” said an expert on lion behavior. As the moon gets bigger, danger of an attack gets relatively smaller. “Then, wham, danger spikes as those hungry lions can now operate in darkness for the rest of the lunar cycle.” They also found that rainy seasons that often hide the moon with clouds lead to an increase in attacks.
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Geez, I thought everyone knew that if they attacked in the daylight you would see their sunglasses. These are cool kitties.
The potetial midnight strollers should take along a spray bottle filled with water. My friend has a rather rambunctious kitty, named Mr. Snook’ums, and whenever that cat gets wound up, a couple of spritzes of water cools it off, or annoys it, but either way the cat scoots away, quick!
Sure hope this helps. Hey, I’ll watch your stuff ’til you get back!